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Native Latin American Cultures through Their Discourse

Autor Ellen B. Basso
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 mar 1992
ÒThe essays, most of them in the tradition of anthropological study of folklore, expand the current boundaries of the discipline and provide additional case studies to a growing literature in discourse analysis of oral performance.Ó ÑDan Ben-AmosNative Latin American Cultures through Their Discourse examines discursive practices, primarily in narrative and ceremonial texts, to reveal the relationship of language, culture, society, and the individual. The linguistic perspective of the essays is complemented by semiotic, psychological, and historical interpretations. Authors examine weeping, double-talk, community-building, music, myth, humor and play, and concepts of time and history in various native Latin American communities.The contributors are Ellen B. Basso, Janet Wall Hendricks, Jane H. Hill, Jonathan D. Hill, John H. McDowell, Susan Paulson, and Joel Sherzer.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781879407008
ISBN-10: 1879407000
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Preface
Ellen B. Basso
Introduction: Discourse as an Integrating Concept in Anthropology and Folklore Research
Janet Wall Hendricks
Manipulating Time in an Amazonian Society: Genre and Event among the Shuar
Jane H. Hill
Weeping as a Meta-signal in a Mexicano Womans Narrative
Susan Paulson
Double-talk in the Andes: Ambiguous Discourse as a Means of Surviving Contact
John H. McDowell
The Community-building Mission of a Kamsa Ritual Language
Joel Sherzer
On Play, Joking, Humor, and Tricking in Kuna:The Agouti Story
Jonathan D. Hill
Myth, Music, and History: Poetic Transformations of Narrative Discourse in an Amazonian Society
Ellen B. Basso
The Last Cannibal
Contributors

Recenzii

"These essays, most of them in the tradition of anthropological study of folklore, expand the current boundaries of the discipline and provide additional case studies to a growing literature in discourse analysis of oral performance."- Dan Ben-Amos

Notă biografică

ELLEN B. BASSO is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Her published work includes A Musical View of the University: Kalapalo Myth and Ritual Performances.